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Time to Stop the Bleeding
Alan Zendell, April 19, 2021 There’s been a rash of deaths associated with gun violence this year. Idivide them into categories: Individual/domestic incidents, mass shootings, andpolice-involved shootings. Our attention is sharply focused when something in thesecond or third category occurs, … Continue reading
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Tagged alt-right, Chicago, gun control, gun violence, mass shootings, NRA, police shootings, second mendment, suicide, Virginia, Washington DC
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Americans’ Obsession With Guns
Alan Zendell, April 16th, 2021 The first report I saw of the April 15th mass shooting at a Fedex facility in Indianapolis described it as “the country’s deadliest shooting since 10 people were killed March 22 in a grocery shooting in … Continue reading
A Microcosmic Trump Week
Alan Zendell, August 21, 2019 By any reasonable standard this would be an insane week, but it’s a perfect microcosm of the Trump administration. This was the week of Greenland, guns, and anti-Semitism. If it had occurred two years ago, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 polls, anti-semitism, background checks, Dayton, Denmark, El Paso, Greenland, gun control, Iceland, Jewish vote, Joe Manchin, neo Nazis, NRA, russia, Thule, Wayne LaPierre, white nationalism
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We’d Seen This Movie Before – Until Biden Changed It
Alan Zendell, August 8, 2019 On Monday, we heard our president mouth the empty platitudes and lies we expected from him. What does it say about a leader that he can’t utter comforting words or state truthful intentions without reading … Continue reading
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Tagged congress, Dayton, El Paso, Gerald Ford, guns, hate, Hispanics, immigration, Iowa, Mitch McConnell, nackground checks, nan whaley, NRA, sherrod brown, terrorism, Trump, trump's base, Wayne LaPierre, white nationalism
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Deadly Carousel
Alan Zendell, November 9, 2018 The Sandy Hook massacre occurred almost six years ago. In case you’ve erased it from your memory, twenty-seven people, mostly young children, were gunned down by a heavily armed, mentally unstable young man because he … Continue reading
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Tagged assault weapons, congress, Democrats, funding, guns, Las Vegas, mass shootings, mental health, NRA, PTSD, Sandy Hook, the president, Thousand Oaks, Trump, veterans
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Disingenuousness and Hypocrisy
Alan Zendell, May 25, 2018 “Our presidency has been debased,” was the startling message delivered to the graduating class of Harvard Law School yesterday by Conservative Arizona Senator Jeff Flake. Upon taking office Donald Trump, like every other president, embraced … Continue reading
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Tagged health care costs, interest rates, Jeff Flake, jobs, lies, North Korea, NRA, President Moon, principles, right to life, school funding, school shootings, soybeans, teachers, trade wars
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Guns And Nukes
Alan Zendell, March 12, 2018 I learned important lessons about guns and nuclear weapons when I was growing up. Living across the street from a Brooklyn firehouse as a child, I was frequently awakened in the middle of the night … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 election, ar-15, assault weapons, cold war, gun safety, iran, Kim Jong Un, negotiations, North Korea, NRA, students, Tillerson, Trump, voting
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